..This study was designed to investigate whether prior short term Candida albicans airway colonization modulates the pathogenicity of P. aeruginosa in a murine model of pneumonia and to evaluate the effect of fungicidal drug caspofungin...

..As suggested by the presence of a positive feedback circuit in the regulatory network controlling TTSS expression, it may be due to an epigenetic switch allowing heritable phenotypic modifications without genotype's mutations...

..It underlines the importance of training of medical and paramedical personnel. Finally, it tackles the specific problems of paediatric intensive care: organisation, capacity for admissions and training...

Epidemiological features and prognosis of severe community-acquired pneumococcal pneumonia

..Experimental studies providing a better understanding of the mechanisms of interaction and clinical studies evaluating the necessity of a antifungal treatment might improve the management of these opportunistic infections...

..Surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis is used to decrease postoperative wound infection. We assessed the compliance to surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis guidelines in our hospital and the impact of an information program...

[Pneumonia with septicemia caused by Pasteurella multocida in an immunocompetent patient]

..Furthermore, severe infections caused by this pathogen can occur in immunocompetent patients, so that the implication of specific host factors in the severity of the disease can be suspected. Genetic features could be one of these...